Heinkel He 60
Author: Gerhard Lang
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780887409226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNumber 7 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Heinkel He 60.
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Kites, Birds & Stuff - Aircraft of GERMANY - HEINKEL Aircraft
Author: P.D. Stemp
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-12-11
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 1326112589
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe detailed history of the Heinkel aircraft manufacturers from their early years, through the war years and beyond. Specifications, performance, dimensions, weights, armament, engines and other relevant details. Details on around seven hundred aircraft, plus just over three hundred and fifty pictures and ninety five plan diagrams.
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945
Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009-03-23
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0786452803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself. This book covers the history and development of the German air force from 1935 to 1945, with descriptions and illustrations of almost all of the Luftwaffe's airplanes, including fighters, jet fighters, dive-bombers, ground attackers, medium and heavy bombers, jet bombers, seaplanes, flying boats and carrier planes, transport and gliders, reconnaissance and training aircrafts, helicopters, and many futuristic projects and other rarities.
Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe
Author: James Wilson
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2007-03-30
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1844154912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPropaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe focuses on the efforts of the powerful Nazi propaganda machine to promote the technical achievements and might of the then newly created German airforce. The Luftwaffe had been announced to the world in March 1935, despite the restrictions contained in the Versailles Treaty signed after the First World War denying Germany the right to develop military aircraft. All major aircraft types used by the Luftwaffe together with many lesser known, obscure and secondary types are represented in this book. There is a section covering the main figures of the Luftwaffe and the leading aces who flew the aircraft. The German Air and Propaganda ministries worked together and, using professional photographers produced quality images, which were then made available to the general public in an attempt to inspire the nation and create strong moral.
Condor
Author: Patrick Laureau
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0811706885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKActions of the German air force during the Spanish Civil War. Covers the bombing of Guernica and other events. Draws from previously undiscovered source material.
Flying Boats & Seaplanes
Author: Stéphane Nicolaou
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0760306214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with races that were staged at elegant French resorts in the early part of the century, flying boats and seaplanes have played an integral part in aviation history. World War I spurred the development of these machines, and by the 1930s, flying boats and seaplanes had become pioneers in transcontinental flight. This photo-filled history recalls the role of flying boats and seaplanes in civil and military aviation history, and the enthusiasm of the engineers and pilots who are associated with their development. In addition to the golden years of hydraviation prior to World War II, author Nicolaou examines the decline of the seaplane, and its subsequent renaissance in nations that are today considered seaplane paradises. The saga is illustrated by more than 200 rare photographs uncovered in archives around the globe.
The Luftwaffe
Author: James S. Corum
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of the resurrection of Germany's air force during the period, providing an account of the evolution of German military aviation theory, doctrine, war games, and operations between the two world wars. Draws on archival material to reveal debates with the General Staff about the future role of airpower and the problems of aligning aviation technology with air doctrine. Also examines the early WWII period and the Luftwaffe's effectiveness in Poland and France. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Catapult Aircraft
Author: Leo Marriott
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2006-09-21
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 184415419X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring World War I, the navies of the opposing forces discovered the value of aerial reconnaissance and many experiments were made to allow larger warships to carry one or sometimes two aircraft aboard. In the early days these were float planes that were lowered by crane into the sea and then lifted back aboard upon their return. This was a lengthy affair and when a speedy departure was necessary, time was of the essence. A new system was devised so that a powerful catapult system and a short ramp could, with the added speed of the ship, get an aircraft airborne in a fraction of the time previously required. Thus was born a highly specialised type of aircraft. This book includes all the major designs that went to war in the First and Second World Wars and includes aircraft used by all the combatants. It looks at how the aircraft evolved and how the warships were modified to accommodate the aircraft and the catapult system. The use of these fixed-wing aircraft was abandoned when the invention of the helicopter was made in the early post WW II years.
German Light Cruisers of World War II
Author: Gerhard Koop
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2014-07-22
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1848321945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.??This volume is devoted to the six ships from Emden to NÙrnberg that were built between the wars. They were primarily intended for commerce-raiding, but the war gave them few opportunities for such employment, although they did provide useful support for key naval operations in the Baltic and North Sea. Two were lost in the 1940 Norway campaign, but the remainder survived for most of the conflict.
The Luftwaffe: A History
Author: John Killen
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2013-06-12
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1781591105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong to destruction. Here are the aircraft: the frail biplanes and triplanes of the Kaiser's war; the great Lufthansa aircraft and airships of the turbulent Thirties; the monoplanes designed to help Hitler in his conquest of Europe. Here are the generals who forged the air weapon of the Luftwaffe - the swaggering Goering, the playboy Udet, the ebullient Kesselring and the scapegoat Jeschonnek; here, too, are the pilots who tried to keep faith with their Fatherland despite overwhelming odds; Adolf Galland, Werner Molders, Joachim Marseille and Hanna Reitsch. Not least are the actions fought by the Luftwaffe from the Spanish Civil War to the Battle of Britain, through the bloody struggle for Crete and the siege of Stalingrad to the fearful twilight over Berlin.
